05/27/2026
Beauty Matters -
This is a beautiful, high-grade blastocyst.
Blastocysts are graded based upon their degree of expansion, cell number, and cellular organization.
Appearance is our first clue - science helps us read the rest.
Higher grade blastocysts are associated with better implantation a pregnancy rates, though lower grade embryos can and do lead to successful pregnancies too.
This tiny masterpiece could become someone’s whole world.